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Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Ontario Government Childcare Bill 10 Your Opinion?
Ontario Government Announces Passing Bill !0 - Increasing Child Care Penalties
Ontario Government announced the passing of Bill 10 the Child Care Modernization Act, which is meant to increase access to licensed child care options for families, and strengthen oversight of the province's unlicensed child care sector.What do you think of Bill 10?
Andrea Horwath Calls For Better Child Care
Two weeks ago Andrea Horwath introduced a motion for affordable Childcare. Citing that there are is only 1 licensed childcare spot for every 5 children in the Province, and that there are 20,000 families in Toronto alone waiting for a subsidized child care spot, Horwath criticized the government for not putting an actual universal childcare strategy in place,similar to that in Quebec Here is a video of Andrea Horwath speaking at Queen's Park.
Here is the press release from the Ontario Government:
December 2, 2014
Modernizing the Child Care Sector for Ontario Families |
| Andrea Howarth NDP Speaking on Ontario Childcare |
Strengthening Child Care Oversight
Today, Bill 10, the Child Care Modernization Act, 2014, passed third reading in the Ontario legislature. The legislation will strengthen oversight of the province's unlicensed child care sector and increase access to licensed child care options for families. In addition, it will allow the province to immediately shut down a child care provider when a child's safety is at risk.
The Child Care Modernization Act also:
- Gives the province the authority to issue administrative penalties of up to $100,000 per infraction by a child care provider.
- Increases the maximum penalty for illegal offences under the act from $2,000 to $250,000.
- Increases the number of children a licensed home-based child care provider can care for from five to six.
- Clarifies what programs and activities are exempt from licensing requirements, including care provided by relatives, babysitters, nannies and camps that provide programs for school-age children.
- Requires all private schools that care for more than five children under the age of four to be licensed as a child care centre.
- Amends the Education Act to ensure school boards offer before- and after-school programs for 6 to12 year-olds where there is sufficient demand.
Ensuring families have access to safe, modern child care is part of the government's economic plan for Ontario.
The four-part plan is building Ontario up by investing in people's talents and skills, building new public infrastructure like roads and transit, creating a dynamic, supportive environment where business thrives and building a secure savings plan so everyone can afford to retire.
QUICK FACTS
- Since 2003, access to licensed child care has grown by more than 130,000 spaces.
- There are 5,069 licensed child care centres in the province with a total capacity of 317,868 spaces; 166,429 of those spaces are in publicly funded schools.
- Starting in 2014-15, the government is investing an additional $33.6 million, over three years, to support the ongoing operation and modernization of the child care system –protecting the gains made through the previously announced investment of $346 million over four years.
- Since 2003-04, the government has doubled child care funding to more than $1 billion annually.
- Since September 2014, full-day kindergarten has been available across Ontario to all four- and five-year olds, approximately 265,000 children.
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